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companies have invested in the Czech Republic, with the largest investor being Foxconn with a total number of 11 projects worth over EUR 600 million and almost 11,000. Can Taiwan be seen in many respects as the ideal starting point for future trade with China and other Asian countries? When developing relations between the Czech Republic and Taiwan, we base our work on the fact that the Czech Republic does not recognise Taiwan as an indepent

work on the fact that the Czech Republic does not recognise Taiwan as an independent country politically. With this in mind, the priority in mutual relations is developing cooperation particularly in trade and economy and also in the area of culture and education. Mutual business exchange takes place without a bilateral contractual framework but based on a multilateral arrangement by WTO. Thank you for the interview Ing. Vladimír Bartl deputy minister of industry and trade

Czech Republic – Taiwan trade exchange (2013–2017) Export

Import

Balance

Turnover

CZK (in thousands) ranking index

CZK (in thousands) ranking index

CZK (in thousands) ranking index

CZK (in thousands)

2013

2,972,018

57th

94.9

21,770,389

25th

95.3

24,742,407

28th

95.3

-18,798,371

2014

3,758,408

53rd

126.5

22,276,200

24th

102.3

26,034,608

31st

105.2

-18,517,792

2015

5,092,981

51st

135.6

22,465,584

25th

101.8

27,558,565

32nd

106.6

-17,372,602

2016

4,726,637

49th

90.7

23,310,879

24th

103.7

28,049,705

33rd

101.7

-18,572,054

2017

5,464,633

48th

115.3

24,006,892

24th

102.9

29,471,525

33rd

105

-18,542,260

Ing. Vladimír Bärtl He was born on 14th July 1965 in Liberec. In 1983, he graduated from Liberec Secondary Technical School of Construction and 5 years later graduated from Czech Technical University in Prague in geodetics and cartography. After graduation, he worked in Geodézie ČS, a.s. until 1993 and, among other things, gained professional experience with geographic information systems in Paris. He is the co-founder of company HOUDEK s.r.o., focusing on metrology and transfer of technologies, founded in 1994. In 1999, he started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and worked at the representative office in Ottawa between 2000 and 2004. He then spent two years working at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic as an advisor to the deputy minister; he is the co-author of project "Nový systém řízení obchodně ekonomických služeb státu v zahraničí" (New System of Managing the Country's Economical and Trade Services Abroad) and Export Strategy 2006–2010. In 2005, he attended a seminar in Maastricht called EU Negotiation Techniques. He also worked in the representative office in Paris in 2006–2010. During the French and Czech presidency in the EU, he co-organised a programme called Czech-French Economic Year. He was also a member of the team responsible for placing the control centre for the Galileo system in Prague. Since 2010, he worked in BCM Control s.r.o. on marketing, introduction of the quality management system and other commercial projects. He also simultaneously worked at the Ministry of Industry and Trade in 2011 as the authorised representative for international trade competitiveness and promotion of Czech trade interests abroad. He was named the deputy minister on 15th March 2014. www.taiwanbusiness.eu

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